Binder.



E. WILLGEROTH.

BINDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 16, 190s matented Apr. 6

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, lUNITED STATES ERNST wILLGERoTH, or ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

BINDER.

Application filed July 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST WiLLcEnorI-r, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, and a resident of Elizabeth, county of Union, and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to a binder for music or forholding a plurality of leaves or the like to a suitable backing.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientdevice which may be readily applied to a backing or cover in such a waythat a number of leaves, such as music or letters, may be properly heldtc the backing and the leaves or objects held quickly removed from thebinder or replaced when desired; and to provide simple'binder which willoccupy a minimum amount of space so that it will not interfere withmoving the objects or interfere with the reading of the matter containedby the objects held by the binder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple device whichhas means to adapt the same to be moved to a position to hold the leavesof music or the like in an open position, in such a way that the samewill not readily close, thus permitting the l hands to be entirely freeand avoiding the difficulty usually present in music portfolios, forexample, as ordinarily constructed where the leaves of music while inuse are constantly folding over to a closed position.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out inthe claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of binderembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section, partlyFig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section; and Fig. 4 is afragmentary perspective view of a slightly different form of leafholder.

While I have shown the invention as applied to a backing or cover and asconstructed more particularly to hold music, it will be understood thatthe invention may be applied in various Ways and that the constructionthereof may be varied to adapt it Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

1908. ASerial No. 443,910.

other connection Without departing from the character of the invention.

The backing 10 may be made to form a cover, and centrally thereof may beprovided with a retaining strip 11 under which is held the bindingelement or member 12. This element 12 may be in the form of a wire, theends of which are bent so as to project outward, as at 13, on which thearticles to be bound are strung, as for example, a plurality of leavesor objects 14. The ends 13 of the binding element 12 are forced throughthe leaves or the said leaves may be perforated for this purpose, andthe ends 13 are passed through apertures 15 in a second binding elementor member 16. The element 16 is in the form of a rod and is providedwith a slot or groove 1.7 lengthwise thereof between the openings 15 sothat the ends 13 of the Wire forced therein as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.The ends of the wire 13 as they are bent over into the groove 17 forcethe rod 16 on to the surface of the objects 14 and rigidly hold them inthis position, and when the ends are thus bent over they may be heldwithin the groove of the rod by the sliding devices or sleeves 18, whichmay be tubular in form and are adapted to be forced lengthwise of therod 16 so as to hold the ends of the wire l member within the groove 17.By this means the rod member 17occupies comparatively little space, andpermits the leaves of the obj ect to be readily folded ol shifted.

Where music is to be bound to the cover so as to form a portfolio orotherwise I may provide one or more engaging fingers 19 which arepivotally held to one end of an arm 20, and said arm 2O may be pivotedat its rod 16 so that it may be moved out of the way when not in use.The arm 20, as well as the fingers 19, may be round or of any desiredform and are adapted to be spread so as to properly hold the leaves ofmusic When in an open position, and may have their ends beveled so thatthe leaves may be readily inserted under the same; and while the rodmember 16 is shown longer than the music it may be of any desired sizeand length to adapt it for the purpose for which it may be used.

In Fig. 4 the lower end of the member or element 16 is angularly formed,as at 22, and

binding element 12 may be bent over and other end, as at 21, to the endof the binder IGC simply as a binder and for letters, or in any to thesaid end is pivoted an arm 23 to which '1 l are pivoted the lingers 24.The ngers 24 ment adapted to be attached to abacking, of m and the arm23, in this case, instead of being l a second binder element engaged bythe iirstround, are flat, and by reason of the end 22 the said arm andngers may be folded in close relation to the member 16.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and eiiicient binder isprovided which is adapted to be used in various connections to bindvarious forms of leaves or objects; that said binder occupies verylittle space and will not interfere at all with the printing` or readingmatter of the objects bound; and that said binder may be made to holdthe leaves or objects bound in an open position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent l. The combination with a binding element adapted tobe attached to a backing, of a second binder element engaged by theiirstmentioned element and adapted to clamp objects between the same andthe first-mentioned element, devices movable along the second elementfor holding the ends or' the held to one of the members or elements, andfingers pivotally held to one end of the arm for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a binder elel mentioned element, an armpivotally held to one of the members or elements, and ngers pivotallyheld to one end of the arm for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a binder ele ment, of a second binder elementengaged by the first-mentioned element, devices movable along the secondelement for holding the ends of the first-mentioned element, and an armpvotally held to one of the members or elements.

4. The combination with a binder element adapted to be attached to abacking, of a second binder element engaged by the iirstmentionedelement, devices movable along the second element for holding the endsof.

the first-mentioned element, an arm pivotally held to one of the membersor elements, and means held to one end ofthe arm adapted to engage theobjects held.

This speciiication signed and witnessed j this 9th day of July A. l).1908.

irstmentioned element, an arm pivot/ally` ERNST VILLGEROTH.

/Vitnesses M. TURNER, A. BECKER.

